wanting to offer some type of solace, some type of comfort to the families who lost so many loved ones in that horrific massacre here at robb elementary school behind me earlier this week. now the president right now is privately meeting with survivors and the family members of victims. he s been meeting with them for almost two and a half hours. the white house really blocking off a significant amount of his time here on the ground in uvalde to hear directly from those family members who lost loved ones. but first president biden stopped here at the memorial site at robb elementary. he and first lady jill biden took about 20 minutes reading each of the names, seeing and taking in the life-sized photos of these 19 children and two teachers who were gunned down during the school day on tuesday. the president, while he s also been here in uvalde, has also been hearing really from the local community members issuing calls to action both here at the elementary school and as he wa
more in aid and weapons. plus president biden welcomes the leaders of finland and sweden, supporting their bids to join n.a.t.o. tonight s other top headlines, record-breaking heat in 19 states, wildfires surge across texas and new mexico, plus monkeypox found in the u.s., the symptoms of the rare disease. and finally tonight, they re in a class of their own. we ll introduce you to these four extraordinary cadets from west point who are now rhodes scholars. how historic. think about the four of you together, pretty special. yes, ma am. just a little bit. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you so much for joining us on this thursday night. tonight, some news for passports with small children. a top health panel is recommending kids five to 11 get a covid booster. it comes as the pandemic is rearing its ugly head once again. more than two years
congress authorizes billions more in aid and weapons. plus president biden welcomes the leaders of finland and sweden, supporting their bids to join n.a.t.o. tonight s tonight s other top headlines, record-breaking heat in 19 states, wildfires surge across texas and new mexico, plus monkeypox found in the u.s., the symptoms of the rare disease. and finally tonight, they re in a class of their own. we ll introduce you to these four extraordinary cadets frompoint who are now rhodes scholars. how historic. think about the four of you together, pretty special. yes, ma am. just a little bit. o donnell: good evening, and thank you so much for joining us on this thursday night. tonight, some news for passports with small children. a top health panel is recommending kids five to 11 get a covid booster. it comes as the pandemic is rearing its ugly head once again. more than two years since it began, infections are on the rise nationwide. just in the past month alone, covid cases
here because he s recovering from a stroke. that s his wife gisele. earlier, they laid out the stake of the race on morning joe. i don t think it s night and day, it s going to make a difference between codifying roe v. wade or looking to raise the minimum wage and addressing climate issues. it s really two different sides of the coin. in the governor s race, republican leadership is reeling, worrying about the general election now that state senator doug mastriano won the gop nomination for governor. he rose to prominence by denying the 2020 election results, big ally of donald trump. and was in washington on january 6th. some are probably worried because of all of that he s unelectable in a general against the dem-nominee ad josh shapiro. and in a blow, madison cawthorn will not be returning to congress, losing a race that many said was his to lose. steve kornacki has that on the big board. and sweden and finland just jointly submitted their applications to join n
The past. Theyve done it in wars over the past. They can do it again, and thats what we need to protect civilians in gaza. Sari bashi thank you very much for joining us tonight. That is all in for the week. Alex wagner tonight starts right now. Good evening, alex. Just an unfathomable loss of life and it continues, thank you my friend, and thanks to athome for joining me this evening. Throughout the trump era, the 45th president used one tactic, over and over again, to try and get what he wanted, bullying. Sometimes, it came in the form of want cruelty and bigotry directed towards everyone from war heroes, to disabled reporters, to judges of mexican heritage. Hes a war hero because he was captured. I like people that werent captured. Youve gotta see this guy, oh, i dont know what i said. I dont remember. We are building a wall, hes a mexican, we are building a wall between here and mexico. Sometimes it came in the form of hostile exchanges with the press. You know you are a fake, you k